PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Amid Oregon’s housing crisis, the Oregon Senate passed a bipartisan bill on Monday to streamline housing development. Under Senate Bill 974, local governments would have 90 ...

SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon legislature is once again flirting with the idea of getting rid of the twice-annual switching of the clocks. Senate Bill 1038, which passed the state Senate Tuesday, could set ...

Democratic Senator Jeff Golden has announced that he will be running for re-election for District 3 in the Oregon State ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon lawmakers have a lot to decide before the 83rd legislative session ends on June 29. From homeless funding to potential Medicaid cuts to talk of changing Oregon’s kicker ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A gun safety bill is making its way through the Oregon legislature, which would ban bump stocks and allow local governments to decide whether to allow firearms in public ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Oregon Senate passed a bill on Monday that would require the governor to appoint a new U.S. senator in cases where the seat becomes vacant before an election. In a press ...

Senate Majority Leader Kayse Jama, who fled war and famine in Somalia before building a political career in Oregon, ...

President Trump’s self-celebrating maneuvers are authoritarian actions worthy of dictators like North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, ...

SALEM, Oregon — The Oregon Senate has voted to repeal the controversial Oregon wildfire hazard map. By passing Senate Bill 88, lawmakers have teed up a repeal the map, which was introduced in 2021 ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Guests in Oregon hotels and short-term vacation rentals will have the authority to sue innkeepers, landlords and reservation services under a Senate bill passed Tuesday, if these ...

Teen suspect arrested for murder in connection with shooting in Woodburn A teen boy has been arrested for murder in connection with a shooting in Woodburn in late October. Police: Suspect who struck ...